Transfer Portal: Ranking the Shooting Guards, top 10 on 4/16
It’s transfer portal season! The college basketball transfer portal is officially in full gear, and On3 is on top of it, attempting to make portal life easier for all involved.
Let’s start with rankings. Everyone loves rankings. Today’s date is April 16, 2022, and the time is 6:30 PM EST. Here are the fifteen best shooting guards in the transfer portal as of this writing.
Friday – Available small forwards
Thursday – Available power forwards
Wednesday – Available centers
1. Grad transfer Antoine Davis (Detroit)
Antoine Davis is a 6-foot-1, 170-pound guard. He has been at Detroit-Mercy all four years in college.
In 2021-22 Davis averaged 23.9 points, 3.6 rebounds, 4.4 assists, and 1.0 steals in 37.0 minutes per game. He shot 42.9-percent from the field, 37.9-percent from three, and 88.2-percent from the free-throw line.
Davis was the 2021-22 Horizon League Player of the Year. He was awarded first-team All-Horizon all four years. Is the all-team leading scorer in Horizon League history and is 22nd all-time in NCAA Div. 1 history.
High School: Houston (TX) Homeschools Christian Youth
2018 On3 Consensus: No. 202
2. Junior Antonio Reeves (Illinois State)
*Committed to Kentucky on 4/27
Antonio Reeves is a 6-foot-6, 185-pound shooting guard. He has played all three seasons at Illinois State.
In 2021-22 Reeves averaged 20.1 points. 3.5 rebounds, 1.8 assists, and 1.1 steals in 34.9 minutes per game. He shot 46.9-percent from the field, 39.0-percent from three, and 81.8-percent from the free-throw line.
Reeves was second-team All-MVC in 2021-22 and the league’s Most Improved Player award winner.
High School: Chicago (IL) Simeon High
2019 On3 Consensus: NA
3. Freshman Devin Carter (South Carolina)
**Committed to Providence on April 17
Devin Carter is a 6-foot-3, 190-pound wing. He played his only collegiate season at South Carolina.
In 2021-22 Carter averaged 9.0 points, 3.8 rebounds, 1.8 assists, and 0.9 seals in 18.7 minutes per game. He shot 42.0-percent from the field, 26.7-percent from three, and 68.8-percent from the free-throw line.
Carter was voted to the 2021-22 SEC All-Freshman team.
High School: Wolfeboro (NH) Brewster Academy
2021 On3 Consensus: No. 91
4. Grad transfer Sean McNeil (West Virginia)
*Committed to Ohio State on 4/24
Sean McNeil is a 6-foot-3, 210-pound shooting guard. He spent three seasons at West Virginia after spending his first year at Sinclair Community College.
In 2021-22 McNeil averaged 12.2 points, 2.5 rebounds, 1.4 assists, and 0.7 steals in 33.6 minutes per game. He shot 41.4-percent from the field, 36.8-percent from three, and 86.7-percent from the free-throw line.
High School: Union (KY) Ryle High
2017 On3 Consensus: NA
5. Grad transfer Tyreke Key (Indiana State)
*Committed to Tennessee on 4/23
Tyreke Key is a 6-foot-3, 205-pound guard. He spent all five years at Indiana State, redshirting last season.
In 2020-21 Key averaged 17.2 points, 5.3 rebounds, 2.0 assists, and 1.1 steals in 34.0 minutes per game. He shot 47.2-percent from the field, 31.6-percent from three, and 83.8-percent from the free-throw line.
Key was voted first-team All-MVC in 2019-20 and 2020-21. He was second-team in 2018-19.
High School: Celina (TN) Clay County High
2017 On3 Consensus: NA
6. Junior Darin Green (University of Central Florida)
*Committed to Florida State on 4/18
Darin Green is a 6-foot-4, 185-pound shooting guard. He played all three seasons at UCF.
In 2021-22 Green averaged 13.3 points, 2.6 rebounds, 1.6 assists, and 0.7 steals in 30.9 minutes per game. He shot 40.1-percent from the field, 38.5-percent from three, and 72.5-percent from the free-throw line.
Green was awarded 3rd Team All-AAC in 2021-22.
High School: Tampa (FL) Wharton
2019 On3 Consensus: NA
7. Junior Souley Boum (UT-El Paso)
Souley Boum is a 6-foot-3, 165-pound shooting guard. He played three seasons at UTEP. Boum played his first season at San Francisco and redshirted in his second season.
In 2021-22 Boum averaged 19.8 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.9 assists, and 1.8 steals in 36.7 minutes per game. He shot 40.9-percent from the field, 36.8-percent from three, and 84.7-percent from the free-throw line.
Boum was awarded 2nd Team All-CUSA in 2021-22 and 3rd team All-CUSA in 2020-21.
High School: Oakland (CA) Technical
2017 On3 Consensus: NA
8. Sophomore Max Klesmit (Wofford)
*Committed to Wisconsin on 4/30
Max Kelsmit is a 6-foot-3, 185-pound shooting guard. He played both his collegiate season at Wofford.
In 2021-22 Klesmit averaged 14.9 points. 2.8 rebounds, 1.9 assists, and 1.6 steals in 30.9 minutes per game. He shot 44.6-percent from the field, 34-percent from three, and 83.7-percent from the free-throw line.
Klesmit was awarded 3rd Team All-Southern in 2021-22.
High School: Neenah (WI) High School
2020 On3 Consensus: NA
9. Grad transfer Jarkel Joiner (Ole Miss)
*Committed to NC State on 4/20
Jarkel Joiner is a 6-foot-1, 180-pound guard. He played two seasons at Ole Miss after playing his first two seasons at Cal State Bakersfield. He redshirted his third season.
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In 2021-22 Joiner averaged 13.2 points. 3.0 rebounds. 2.3 assists and 1.2 steals in 31.0 minutes per game. He shot 41.0-percent from the field, 34.0-percent from three, and 82.5-percent from the free-throw line.
Joiner was awarded 1st team All-WAC in 2018-19.
High School: Oxford (MS) High
2017 On3 Consensus: NA
10. Junior Jarod Lucas – Oregon State
Jarod Lucas is a 6-foot-4, 195-pound shooting guard. He played all three seasons at Oregon State.
In 2021-22 Lucas averaged 13.5 points, 2.3 rebounds, 1.2 assists, and 0.8 steals in 33.7 minutes per game. He shot 41.5-percent from the field, 38.6-percent from three, and 87.1-percent from the free-throw line.
Lucas was a member of the 2021 1st Team All-Pac-12 Tournament team.
High School: Los Altos (CA) Hacienda Heights
2019 On3 Consensus: NA
11. Junior Nahiem Alleyne (Virginia Tech)
*Committed to UConn on 4/21
Nahiem Alleyne is a 6-foo-4, 195-pound shooting guard. He played all three seasons at Virginia Tech.
In 2021-22 Alleyne averaged 9.6 points, 2.8 rebounds, 1.5 assists, and 0.7 steals in 31.1 minutes per game. He shot 38-percent from the field, 37.3-percent from three, and 85.2-percent from the free-throw line.
High School: Buford (GA) Mountain View High
2019 On3 Consensus: NA
12. Sophomore Femi Odukale (Pittsburgh)
Femi Odukale is a 6-foot-5, 185-pound guard. He played both seasons at Pittsburgh.
In 2021- 22 Odukale averaged 10.8 points. 3.5 rebounds, 3.4 assists, and 1.0 steal in 32.4 minutes per game. He shot 39.1-percent from the field, 33.0-percent from three, and 63-percent from the free-throw line.
High School: Springfield (MA) Commonwealth Academy
2020 On3 Consensus: NA
13. Junior Cam Spencer (Loyola of Maryland)
*Committed to Rutgers on 4/19
Cam Spencer is a 6-foot-4, 205-pound shooting guard. He played all three seasons at Loyola (MD).
In 2021-22 Spencer averaged 18.9 points, 4.8 rebounds, 3.2 assists, and 2.3 steals in 36.9 minutes per game. He shot 46.8-percent from the field, 35.3-percent from three, and 85.8-percent from the free-throw line.
Spencer was awarded 1st Team All-Patriot in 2021-22.
High School: Davidsonville (MD) Boys’ Latin School of Maryland
2019 On3 Consensus: NA
14. Sophomore Adam Miller (Louisiana State University)
Adam Miller is a 6-foot-2, 185-pound shooting guard. He redshirted last season at LSU after playing his first year at Illinois.
In 2020-21 Miller averaged 8.3 points, 2.8 rebounds, 0.8 assists, and 0.6 steals in 25.5 minutes per game. He shot 39.1-percent from the field, 34.0-percent from three, and 68.4-percent from the free-throw line.
High School: Peoria (IL) Morgan Park
2020 On3 Consensus: No. 29
15. Grad transfer Elijah Harkless (Oklahoma)
*Committed to UNLV on 4/18
Elijah Harkless is a 6-foot-3, 195-pound guard. He played two years at Oklahoma after spending his first two seasons at Cal State Northridge.
In 2021-22 Harkless averaged 10.0 points, 4.1 rebounds, 1.7 assists, and 1.3 steals in 29.0 minutes per game. He shot 42.3-percent from the field, 32.3-percent from three, and 63.8-percent from the free-throw line.
High School: Rancho Cucamonga (CA) Etiwanda High
2018 On3 Consensus: NA
Others: 6-5 Junior Dhieu Dieng (UT-San Antonio), 6-4 Sophomore Selton Miguel (Kansas State), 6-3 Freshman Corey Floyd (Connecticut), 6-3 Freshman TJ Madlock (South Carolina State), 6-4 Grad transfer DMoi Hodge (Cleveland State)